By nature, all puppies are carnivores – biologically adapted for a diet rich and varied in meats, with smaller amounts of fruits, vegetables, and grasses.
That’s why ACANA Puppy & Junior is bursting with free-run Cobb chicken and whole eggs from local prairie farms, wild-caught flounder from North Vancouver Island, and Okanagan Valley fruits & vegetables – all delivered fresh each day so they’re loaded with goodness.
Prepared from Canada’s best and freshest ingredients in our award-winning kitchens, ACANA keeps your puppy healthy, happy and strong – guaranteed!
Read our ingredients and you’ll be happy too.
The ultimate food mimics the one that Mother Nature intended your puppy to eat!
Loaded with 60% of chicken, fish, and eggs, ACANA matches your puppy's evolutionary adaptation to a meat and protein rich diet. ACANA's rich variety of fresh meats mirrors the diversity and freshness Nature intended.
We loaded ACANA Puppy & Junior with a full 20% of fruits and vegetables, including Red Delicious apples, Bartlett pears, butternut squash, and Burbank potatoes – all delivered fresh each day from our prairie soils and the sun-drenched Okanagan valley so they're bursting with natural goodness to support your puppy's peak health and immunity.
Rich in protein and low in carbohydrates to match your puppy's natural diet, ACANA Puppy & Junior is free of high glycemic grains such as rice and corn.
Associated with obesity and diabetes, high glycemic grains break down quickly, causing a rapid and large rise in your puppy's blood sugar. That's why low glycemic and hypoallergenic steel-cut oats are ACANA's only source of grain.
Locally grown, our steel-cut oats are digested slowly, causing blood sugar to rise less over a longer period of time, so your puppy's sensitivity to insulin is beneficially increased and fat storage is decreased.
We infused each morsel of ACANA Puppy & Junior with marine-source Omega 3 from wild-caught New Brunswick herring to support your puppy's immunity and luxuriant skin & hair coat – your puppy's outer symbol of health and vitality.
ACANA features organic sea vegetables and botanicals – including juniper berries, lavender flowers, sun-cured alfalfa and peppermint leaf to enhance metabolism while nourishing and toning your puppy's digestive tract.
ACANA Puppy & Junior features an unmatched variety of local ingredients that are raised or fished by people we know and trust, passed "fit for human consumption", and then delivered to our door fresh each day!
Chicken meal, steel-cut oats, deboned chicken, whole potato, peas, chicken fat, whole egg, deboned flounder, sun-cured alfalfa, chicken liver, herring oil, pea fiber, whole apples, whole pears, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, parsnips, carrots, spinach, cranberries, blueberries, kelp, chicory root, juniper berries, angelica root, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, lavender.
Vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product.
They might look different, but your puppy shares his anatomy with the grey wolf – which means he's evolved as a carnivore and adapted for a diet rich in meat, protein, and fat.
Based on this biological fact, and to produce a nutritional analysis that mirrors the diet Mother Nature would provide for your dog, ACANA is loaded with nourishing meat proteins and fats, while limiting unwanted carbohydrates and high-glycemic grains.
ACANA mirrors the meat and protein concentrated diets that all dogs are evolved to eat, while reducing the carbohydrates and high-glycemic grains that cause blood sugar levels to rise and fluctuate.
Compared to conventional foods, ACANA delivers more calories from protein and fat and fewer calories from carbohydrates, reducing the risk of obesity and diabetes and promoting your dog's peak health.
Metabolic Energy for ACANA Puppy & Junior is 3676 kcal/kg (441 kcal per 250 ml cup) with 31% from protein, 43% from chicken and fish oils, and 26% from fruits, vegetables and steel-cut oats.
Just like you, your puppy is a unique individual and his feeding requirements will vary with his breed, environment, age and activity.
That's why we suggest using this chart as a starting point and then monitoring your puppy's weight and adjusting his rations as needed. We also recommend feeding him twice daily and always keeping fresh, clean water available.
When switching diets, it's important to transition your puppy as it takes time for his digestive system to adapt to the richer nutrient levels in ACANA. Over a 5-7 day period, gradually mix in ACANA, increasing the amount each day so that by day 7 you are feeding 100% ACANA.
Your puppy will love the change – we guarantee it!
| Weight of Puppy | Age of Puppy in Months | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KG | LBS | 1-3 Months | 4-6 Months | 7-9 Months | 10-12 MOnths | ||||||
| 2 kg | 4½ lb | 150 g | 1¼ c | 150 g | 1¼ c | 120 g | 1 c | 20 g | 1 c | ||
| 5 kg | 11 lb | 300 g | 2½c | 270 g | 2¼ c | 210 g | 1¾ c | 55 g | 1½c | ||
| 10 kg | 22 lb | 450 g | 3¾ c | 420 g | 3½c | 360 g | 3c | 65 g | 2¼ c | ||
| 15 kg | 33 lb | 600 g | 5 c | 540 g | 4½c | 480 g | 4 c | 85 g | 3¼ c | ||
| 20 kg | 44 lb | 690 g | 5¾ c | 630 g | 5¼ c | 570 g | 4¾c | 100 g | 3¾ c | ||
| 25 kg | 55 lb | 780 g | 6½ c | 690 g | 5¾ c | 630 g | 5¼ c | 100 g | 3¾ c | ||
| 30 kg | 66 lb | - | - | - | - | 900 g | 7½c | 100 g | 3¾ c | ||
† Use a standard 8 oz. measuring cup. Serve dry or lightly moistened. See your veterinarian regularly. To help maintain freshness, we recommend sealing the bag tightly and storing it in a cool, dry location.
ACANA Puppy & Junior is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for all life stages.